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Is it feasible to divide any layer in Pixelmator and then merge them again? I would like to convert this image (640 x 1136) to 640 x 960, but have to convert it without touching on the navigation and tab bar on the top and bottom of the screen. So I came up with an idea of first dividing the screen, and on one of the divided layer, cut 640 x 196 image, and then merge them again in order to archive 640 x 960 by only tinkering the white part. However, it looks like it's impossible to divide the layer in Pixelmator - actually, the slice tool is only for the use of Web. So how can I get 640 x 960 image?
Is there a way to print / export a indesign file as a pdf or other but first annotate any images with the file source ie. user/documents/images.. etc so that whens its printed / exported it will say what the source is for each image by the side / ontop of the image.
I am creating a logo and I am using Pantone 638U in Illustrator. I know Pantone has to be premixed but I just wanted to test print on my printer in CMYK. So I converted it to cmyk which is C83 M0 Y10 K0. My document is in CMYK mode and I am using View > proof colors. Here is a photo of what result I am getting. The left is on screen and the right is (approximately) the printed result.
I am rather newbish at modeling and noob at texturing. For a few weeks I have been trying to make some buildings inspired from Oblivion (the scify movie) and perhaps Elysium. What happens is, I start modeling, and at one point or another it gets crappy. At the end I am unhappy with the result, mostly because I would need reference images, not concept art. What would help me loads would be some models in this nature, preferably textures, so I can study them and form a mental process on how to create new things of this nature. Thank you!
I'm working on an mobile phone game, and don't have the luxury of being able to use vector graphics. I'd like the game to be playable on a wide range of devices from 2560x1600 tablets to 320x240 phones. Ideally I want a single set of graphical assets for all resolutions. Vector data is not supported on a wide range of mobile devices, that's why I'm limited. As a general rule, I'll be creating everything for a high end device and be scaling down when the game loads which gives me basic linear filtering. Are there any particular guidelines I should follow when creating scalable graphics? Fonts are a particular headache. I've noticed that smoother fonts with soft edges seem to scale a better than sharp fonts. These are the kinds of tips that I'm after.
I would like to do some simple pattern or polygon fills in Gimp, e.g. to represent different regions in a map without resorting to colors or grayscale tones. Some nice examples of what I seek are represented in this figure: http://mapserver.org/_images/pattern-symbol-complex.png (namely, diagonal lines, dots, simple shapes, etc.) Gimp has a pattern fill tool with lots of "fancy" patterns which, it seems, are too complex and specific to be actually useful. There are only two patterns which resemble the ones I want (black and white horizontal stripes). (By the way, I find it very hard to find such patterns in almost every editor I've seen. Even Excel 2007), which had pattern fills, removed this feature recently.) Is there an easy way to add such patterns to Gimp?
If I take a screenshot and paste it into InDesign it completely destroys the quality. Yet when I print screen and paste it into Word, the image is resized to the page and the quality is kept. What is wrong?
I'm having some difficulty find an icon or solution to differentiate operation in the same table, but with different origin. In my table I have operation imported from a central system and others created manually by the user. The ones imported are partial editable, the manually created are fully editable. I need to add some visual information and a tooltip to help the user differentiate each one. I've tried this icon But Isn't ok, this seems that only that row is editable, but the others are also editable, but only partial.
I am building a flashcard web application and I want to give to the users the possibility to ask some help (mnemonics) to remember of something. I'd like have a little icon that would represent in the best way possible "I need help to remember this". The icon size will be very small, like the star in the screenshot : Also like the star, there will be only the shape won't be filled (to avoid reading distraction), so that's why I would need a very simple, representative shape. I thought to a lifesaver, but at such a small size we don't really understand what it is. I also thought to a question mark but I think that it's too general. Have you got any idea ?
I need to know what i'm doing wrong. i'm making a catalog that needs 4 images per page. as so. i know i can't do that with facing pages so i separated the two pages and created individual file for each page. i'm running in to a problem when trying to generate mulitple records per page, from the tutorials and other forum posts i've read i SHOULD be setting it up right... but its not working. here is the set up that i THINK i'm doing right. data merge options. as you can see, its only generating 1 record per page... i need 4. since i have over 500 records that i don't want to do by hand.
I'm curious as to what type of colors would be good to use based on these categories High school College Military Corporate Business Charities Thanks!
I'm trying to create this halftone effect in Inkscape but I'm not able to produce it. All I'm able to do is create a small circle and clone it to produce simple halftone. But how do I do this?
I'm building a music application which can create a mix of songs to play for you. What icon can I use to represent this feature?
I just downloaded a set of Glypish icons, however I'm not sure how to scale them up using Pixelmator (my only graphics editor). They give a .psd file with each image as a separate layer...
In Illustrator, I am trying to make my text bolder by adding a stroke to it. The stroke is the same color as the text, but when saving as SVG, the stroke is considered separate from it, adding unnecessary code. Is it possible somehow to make a letter with a stroke only one object? Thank you very much.
This hair should be easy to extract, because of strong contrast, but from some reason it's not for me. Here is the original Here is my result using quick selection tool And here my best using Refine Edge feature Any help ? I'm using Photoshop cs5 extended.
I've found multiple tutorials on how to take a shape and turn it into a silhouette, but full black sometimes lacks expression. I was wondering what was the best way of preserving highlights with Photoshop to create an image like the one below.
I created a small flyer and placed four flyers on one DIN A4 page. But it seems to be impossible to distribute the four text frames correctly. In order to be able to cut the flyers the width between the text frames must be twice of the width between the outer border and the frames. When I distribute the text frames with Scribus the width between the frames is the same as the width between the frames and the border. How can I distribute correctly to be able to cut the flyers?
Just today I learned that there is such a thing as the Pantone Color of the Year. Wikipedia says that the color of each year is used by ... consumer-oriented companies ... to help guide their designs and planning for future products. I was wondering if the Color of the Year is also used in graphic design. Did anybody encounter a job where the client requested to use the COTY in the design explicitly? Or are there guidelines in companies where the COTY is mentioned as part of their corporate identity?
I downloaded this very awesome set of iOS7 GUI components to use for building mockups for apps, found here: http://www.teehanlax.com/tools/iphone/. I'm working in Illustrator but the file is a PSD. I'm running both Ps and Ai simultaneously, and when I drag a component from the PSD into my Ai file, the transparency becomes white. To be clear, I am literally dragging and dropping from Ps into Ai using the Move Tool which generally works. What am I doing wrong here? Thank you!
I know that a similar questions were asked, but I did not see any answer that solves the issue - Can we reset the rulers to show us ticks values every 10 point and not those that can be divided by 6? I failed to adjust rulers to grid no matter what I performed (double click in the left upper corner or zeroing via dragging to any desired point. Sometimes I need the rulers and grid to match... The main part of question - Can we match grid lines and rulers perfectly as grids are just continues of rulers ticks? Illustrator CS6. Any new solution? What I miss? UPDATE after the answer by Scott - now it is near to be perfect
I am trying to make a simple "Q" logo in gimp. Instead of just typing the character "Q" in big font I am trying to make it using "Ellipse tool". However, I don't know how to make the borders of the ellipse circle bold or hollow. Can someone show me how to do this? This is what I'm trying to accomplish (a circle with only its boundary in color rather than the entire circle colored) When I try to do this using ellipse tool this is what I get:
When i submit my designs (logo, business card, etc) in any contest, it doesn't give sharp look instead of others. My design looks like a little blur while submitting to the contest. I made designs in Adobe Illustrator CS-5. How could i get sharpness in my design so the contest holder could inspire with my creativity?
I have Photoshop CS5 extended. Since yesterday, pressing D the foreground color is white and the background black. Pressing the switch icon or X the colors switch. I need the default foreground color to be black and the background color white, as was the case before yesterday. I tried to solve this by searching for relevant settings in the preferences, however without any success.
Currently I am using a clip art image of two dice as a 'random' button: However, it doesn't fit the Android look and feel at all. How would I best represent 'randomness' in a button?
There are many free fonts, but they often don't include letters with diacritics such as Ă, Â, Ș, etc. Placing those marks by hand in a large text that keeps changing can be a pain. Is there a way to add such extra glyphs to font in Illustrator - basically some copies of existing characters, with accents or other diacritical marks? Or do you know any tricks to make the process easier?
Is there a way to do this without it changing the shape of the graphics? I just used the method suggested on this post and it worked however it distorted some of the images. I have 5 images which are military emblems in the shape of circles and 5 stars. It distorted all the circle graphics. Also, the graphics are already vector images if this matters. I am a rookie to Illustrator so all help is appreciated. This is how they go using the rotate method on this other post: The images need to be straight up and not distorted.
How can I set a script that applies an alpha channel for each layer in the PSD file? An action makes it for one layer only. I`d like to have an ability to automate it for a bunch of layers.
Our application helps creating invoices and allows to insert an item into an invoice that represents a service performed by a craftsman. A typical service could be paperhanging or installing insulation. One idea was to use some kind of tool as icon like , however, I believe this is inappropriate because we have similar icons representing application modules that actually deal with tools/equipment. Another idea is using a shirt icon like (we'd create an icon that looks more like a work suit though), but I'm not quite confident with this concept, it doesn't imply manual work being done to my eyes. Any suggestions? It should be possible to design a recognizable version in 16x16 px too.
I've created a tennis racket in Illustrator CS6 and i want to make the text only visible on the lines of the net. I tried to use a copy of the net as clipping mask for the text, but the result was'nt so good, because the black of the underlying lines was still lightly visible. Even when the mask and the net was perfectly aligned. Is there an easier way as a mask?
I've been working on an application that works as a remote control for a media player, over the web. The remote itself is an application that runs in your web browser, on your phone or on your tablet that allows you to control the playlist, playback and library management of a media player. My logo idea for it was to merge the Wi-Fi icon with a compact disc, and below is the render: I've been spending far too long staring at this now, and I think that it works quite well as a concept. However I feel that the colours could be chosen better, but I did receive comments that it looked a little like Spotify's icon when green. Any critiques? After reviewing suggestions, I have come up with this: Any additional critique?
When trying to apply a 3D filter to some text in Illustrator CS6 the panels of the shape breakup and overlap. A warning message stating "Bevel self-intersection may have occurred" is displayed in 3D extrude and bevel box. I am not doing anything complicated, simply rotating the text slightly. What causes this and what is the best way to avoid it?
I created a template for an 8-page monthly print publication and created the publication for print each month for 7 happy years. The client hired a new PR person who suddenly let me go and demanded my source files. I'm wondering if I can make it a tax-deductible donation to them since they are a non-profit and what amount I could claim for this on my taxes? I estimate that I spent about 10 hours creating the template and averaged 6-10 hours per month putting together the publication.
I am in the process of making a web page and I have a "thanks to" section which shows the logotypes of different organizations. The customer wants these logos to be monochromatic; as in white background and dark gray logos (not shaded). However, one of these organizations is an embassy and they use the national flag as their logo. The flag in question is Taiwan's, but It seems that we are going to need to incorporate some other flags as well. So, how would you design a monochromatic flag in this case? Thank you for your time.
Is there a way to create object, character, and paragraph styles (etc.) in Fireworks, the same way that one creates styles in InDesign? There must be a way as this is a commonly needed function, but I cannot seem to find it in the Window dropdown. Thanks for your ideas.
Problem I have a image with five separate icons i wish to separate and reposition. How would i achieve this? Would i use layers? and if so how do i put each icon into a layer. (REPHRASED QUESTION) i'm not really sure layers is the approach i need. But i wish to separate this png into 6 blocks each containing the different logos shown. I then would like to be able to move them around at will until i'm happy with their position and export Image
I'd like to take the fantasy world map I created to the next level as a way of buffing my illustrator skills and portfolio. Currently, it's a flat political map like this map of Canada for example. I'd like to add terrain contours to make it more interesting, like what was used in this map here to show the relative depths of the water: This is obviously not done by hand. What software or data processing tool would be used to generate it and export it to illustrator? (I realize this hovers on the fence between this Stack Exchange and the GIS one. If this isn't the place, then I'll ask it there)
I saw a similar question asked, but mine is more precise in what I am looking for. Is there any (free) software or free web based software I can use for the following purpose: I want to be able to create images. I tried using pixlr and it's not as advanced as the software (or web based software) that I am looking for. I'm not talking about simply adding or modifying images with photoshop, which is fine for most things. But, I want to be able to easily create something from scratch. I find software like photoshop impossible to deal with in terms of actually creating images. The reality is that it does not possess the advanced power that images created with other professional software offer (I would presume). I don't think I could achieve something as nice as this image using photoshop. Basically, I am looking for a software that allows that possibility but that gives you the ease of doing so. For someone with limited knowledge of design. I am not a Graphic Designer, I am a Web Integrator. The reality is that I need tools to facilitate professional design work. I'm not looking for opinions per se, but websites that offer either this type of software for download or directly have it in their web browser. To be clearer upon what I am actually looking for, imagine the following: you see an ad beautifully created with professional graphic design software. I want to emulate that work of art that you see. Imagine this specific picture, clearly this is not a real person, but rather it has been created from scratch, with the background that surrounds him. That is the type of software I need to get my hands on. Worst comes to worst, a paid one (but I would rather avoid that).
I'm working on some business cards in Photoshop and I come understand it's not the best medium for print since it's not vector based like Illustrator. I want to avoid the edges of my font from coming out "fuzzy" so of course I'm considering moving the design over to Illustrator but, it's definitely not my strong suite. Is there anyway I can keep my design as a photoshop file and have it print out "crisp"? Or Is there a simple way to move it over in Illustrator and make everything vector based? Btw: the designs are not graphic intense, more typography and shapes.
I'd like to be able to, in this example, darken a portion of a text based on a path I draw, without seeing the path. I've tried variations of opacity and clipping masks without a good success. Attached some screenshots of a simple example. First I have two objects.. One way to get close to desired effect is to set opacity of path and make it black. But then at this point I'd like to only see the text.
I am teaching graphic design/multimedia at the college level as well as freelancing on the side. We've been discussing among colleagues and wondering what is expected on average for graphic designers and web designers (considering they will all be taking the same classes but some might be more web-inclined). It's not easy to determine how much design vs. how much coding should be included in the classes. I've posted a similar question on LinkedIn before but I would like as much data as I can get so we can take action about what we should focus on. I've observed wild variations ranging from : just understanding some concepts of web layouts, to being able to update an existing web site to being able, to build the whole website with PHP/MySQL included and javascript/jQuery. Often wondering if the companies who asked for everything ever found proper candidates or just tried their luck. What is your experience on this? Please mention if you consider yourself a graphic designer or a Web designer. EDIT: Our program is a 3-year graphic design program including 4 classes of Web design. We are not a multimedia program per say. I should also add that where I am located, students may stop their learning at the college level or go about to do a BA in graphic design (another 3 years) that is much more oriented towards creation. More precisely, I am looking for answers about what are reasonable market expectations for entry-level graphic designers vs. entry-level web designers?
When I move cursor on an anchor point, Illustrator shows me the coordinates of the anchor. But how can I find the [x, y] coordinates of the handles (in red circles)?
I need to make a diagram for completion-review-revision-approval process of technical drawings. The diagram needs to show both the process milestones (completion-review-revision-approval) and also their schedule distributed on weeks. However I cannot imagine graphically how can I show both the milestones and the schedule. For example, there are 3 drawings lets say: Drawing A will be - completed between Week 1-3 - reviewed between Week 3-4 - revision between Week 4-5 - Approved on Week 6 Drawing B will be completed between Week 1-4 reviewed between Week 4-5 revision between Week 5-6 Approved on Week 7 Drawing C will be completed between Week 3-5 viewed between Week 5-6 revision between Week 6-7 Approved on Week 8 As you can understand, the milestone dates of drawings are distributed into the weeks and intersecting with each other. For example, while the revision of Drawing B is going on, Drawing A is already approved. Normally we show these process with Gantt chart but I am looking for alternative cool ideas. I hope explanation of my question is clear to you. Thanks.
Is there a way to rotate the canvas in illustrator 90 degrees? It's pdf format. I've tried the Artboard tool (Ctrl/Command + O) I found an answer regarding this: Illustrator opens PDFs rotated 90 degrees. Why, and how do I deal with it? Is this still the case? Do i have to use adobe acrobat / reader to rotate it? Is it possible to rotate it in illustrator CS6?
I'm trying to find this font or something similar as its really perfect for what I'm needing.. I'm looking for a cursive font, clear and italic many thanks! James
I was wondering if someone could tell me what font this is? This was a coupon Starbucks sent out a few weeks ago for the Caramel Flan Latte. I'm looking for the "Let's Get Together" lettering. Thanks!
I have a floorplan diagram which consists of over 100 different paths and compound paths. I need to combine all of these elements into a single shape layer. I have tried selecting all of them and using both the "Unite" and "Merge" options in the Pathfinder window. This didn't work. I have also tried "Make Compound Shape." Not only does this not create a single shape layer, it also messes up the drawing by creating blocks of color where there were none before. I have even tried a hack workaround by copying all of these paths and compound paths in Illustrator, pasting them into Photoshop, and creating a single shape layer out that, which I could then copy back into Illustrator. The trouble is, as soon as I click "combine," Photoshop freezes and crashes. I guess the shape just has too many points for it to handle. It's too large a file. What can I do to create a single shape layer?
When i try to add stroke (800px) for a elipse tool to a blue gradient background, I am getting grey out, Image which i have attached will explain things more clearly. I just need that stroke to be a background of blue box, and need to remove grey out
I'm trying to create a set of 6 text colours that are to be used on both white and dark purple (42185D) backgrounds (on a web page), and still meet accessibility standards (AA). Are there any tools or guidance that could help? Not a professional graphic designer so any help appreciated.
Photoshop has a 'custom vector shape' tool, allowing me to draw all kinds of stock shapes like stars, hearts and whatnot without having to do so myself with the pen tool. Is there a similar possibility in InDesign? I'll want to use the resulting shape as a frame. I'm looking for an easy solution that my InDesign 101 class can follow and use without having to resort to either Photoshop or Illustrator.
I have a blog which contains information about design/ research methods. I want to improve the UX and make the information more useful and importantly actionable. What steps can I take to achieve this? This is the site: designmethodsandprocesses.co.uk I have tried: editing the content, applying some styling to the home page for selection of techniques, adding a search bar, using bootstrap to allow for reading on mobile.
I'm looking for an optimal typeface for report tables that will contain many columns (the reason for condensed). The reason for monospace is that these reports will contain a lot of numbers and we would like them to be aligned across all the rows. The reason i need it to be open-source is that we will show these reports inside a web application, so it would be embedded as a web font (@font-face). I saw Anka Coder but I don't like its 0. Update: I finally settled for Open Sans Condensed Light, which has monospaced numbers, so it's good enough for my use case. Thanks everyone for your input!
I am looking for some tutorial for this kind of graphic design - I don't know what to call this, but the logo is looking like it is printed on paper does anyone know how this is done ?
Is there a way to create an export action in Illustrator where each time the action is run, it asks for a location to export to? I work on multiple projects where the exported JPEGs need to go into their different respective project folders, having a step in the export action where I could specify the exact location would simplify the process for me.
I have a transparent layer, like this one (please notice transparency at the center of the image): How would you fill the layer with a color like it was done here: It is important to fill these semi-transparent areas. Brushes and buckets are not an option.
I'm trying to make something similar to this in illustrator using the 3D feature. What I'm strugling with is getting the border to be raised relative to the base of the tray. I start off with a stroked rectangle like this: and end up with something like this after I do Effect -> 3D -> Extrude and bevel: But as you can see, the border is on the same level as the green area in middle (i.e. its all flat). How do I make it so that the border is raised above the central green area Also is it possible to get the borders to be rounded like in the first image? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I cannot find any option to change the default white background of the layers panel thumbnails in Illustrator CS6, thus all white objects are invisible and I cannot quickly work on them. I've found related questions via Google, but from 2009 and without solution, so probably, someone at present time knows how to deal with this issue?
How can I create this sort of parallelogram in Illustrator ?
MIGRATED FROM ASK UBUNTU I have several JPG designs of a website I'm developing. I did a pure HTML website and then did a full webpage screenshot for the design part. Now the client is asking for the PSD files, is there any way I can convert the JPG designs to PSD in GIMP or any other software? I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and don't have a running copy of Photoshop. EDIT Is there any way I can slice up the JPG into the individual layers? For confidentiality reasons, I can't upload the actual designs but here is a sample from creative market:
Is there any way to create a text variable that has a date in the future calculated from today's date? What I need is: Todays date + 1 month. I know you can have text variables with the output or modification date but I haven't been able to find a way of doing "math" on a variable.
Is there a way to determine how large a specific Photoshop layer or group is in terms of bytes?
I'm trying to do some basic stuff. I have a psd file with plenty of layers. Just one of the is the background and all the rest are objects above the background (each one separated in one different layer). I want to export this to files. So I used the 'Export layers to files' option, which worked just fine and trimmed the layers to its boundaries as I wanted. The only problem is that now I have to go layer by layer to check its object absolute position in the background and make a list (I'm using this for programming purposes). What I'd like to have, which shouldn't be so difficult, is the coordinates of the trimmed layer in the whole background. Is there a way to obtain this programmatically? Thanks in advance, Martín
I have to make artwork for a banner that is 123'' X 194''. I am not sure what size to make the page I am creating the artwork on in Photoshop. It obviously doesn't let me make it that big. Do I need to make it into CM or MM? Thanks in advance
How can I obtain this vector effect in Illustrator? Is there a name for this kind of effect? Please, help!
I have a group of merged shapes. How can I make a double stroke in Photoshop? I'm using Photoshop CC
Illustrator CS6's "direct selection" tool allows you to draw a rectangle which selects select objects that overlap or are contained in the selection rectangle. But what if I want to only select objects which are fully contained in the rectangle, without including other objects that are not fully contained in that rectangle? For example, if I have 10 small red circles on top of a large background gradient, how can I select only the circles without the background gradient?
Is it possible to create with custom shape tool, but from the opposite direction While dragging? photoshop CS5 Thank you Yod
My client sent the print PDF I provided him with to a print studio. They replied that the black CMYK profile is set to 100/100/100/100 and they need it in 64/55/53/100. How do I fix that? I'm designing in Photoshop and exporting with Bleeds in Illustrator.
What I'm trying to achieve is something like one of these segments There's any way to do it without rasterizing the shape?
I am trying to use Illustrator (CS3) to recreate the Tron neon-glow visual style in graphics I plan to use on a website. This page is an excellent example of what I'm trying to do: http://www.disney.co.uk/tron/html/legacy/synopsis.html I'm having major problems. I have lines/paths that I'm trying to recreate the glow with, but nothing I do seems to work exactly as I want it. I tried "Outer Glow" and "Gausian Blur," but I cannot recreate the same rich, brilliant blue glow you see in Tron and their website above...everything winds up looking very dull, no matter how I try to adjust/lighten the color. What am I missing? Any help would be appreciated...thanks!
Below is Illustrator's "Recolor Artwork" window. I've chosen to recolour (yes, I'm British) using one of my swatch groups. Notice that the first source colour is replaced with the first swatch group colour which is near black and which I don't particularly want. I want to manually choose another swatch but can't seem to figure out how... I've tried every combination I can find in the dialog and the most immediate solution I've found is to enter the swatches numbers in the sliders. There's a "randomise" swatch order button so I would think there must also be a way to choose them manually.
When using the pathfinder to exclude overlapping shapes from another shape, the base shape will inherit the visual fx applied to the overlapping shapes. How can I prevent the "bottom" (base) shape from having the same vfx? Steps to reproduce: Draw a large random shape with corners using the pen tool Draw a small rectangle contained within the blob Add Appearance > Stylize > Rounded Corners to the rectangle Use Pathfinder > Exclude with both shapes selected Note that the blob/splat inherits the rounded corners vfx How can I keep the rounded corners on the rectangle, but lose them on my "random shape"?
Photoshop changes the place during typing. When I try to type ”17. March 2014”, it write "March 2014 .17" I can't explain well, so I made a video. http://monosaal.com/wtf.mov Does somebody know how I get Photoshop back to normal? I uninstalled and installed it back, but it still doesn't work. SOLVED THE ISSUE I talked to the tech support and I set my Photoshop back to default settings. Find the Photoshop Settings folder in ~/library/Preferences and then rename it. Open Photoshop and everything is set to default.
I'm designing a website in Illustrator, and want to make multiple pages in one file using multiple artboards. So some elements need to be copied from page to page. I want to keep those elements in the same respective layer.
So I've edited a photo in Photoshop and I try to save it as a JPEG, only it doesn’t give me all the options for formats; no PNG or anything. Why is this? Anyone have any suggestions or know any possible fix for this?
I'm trying to make text on a colored map more legible. Ideally I would add an outline around the text with the same general color as that part of the map, for a subtle blend. What's the best way to do this? Really hard cases are text boxes that span two different colors, and I'm prepared for manual work on those, but I'd like to find a faster way to quickly give text over a single-color area an outline that helps it blend with the background (I don't mind picking that color manually). Thanks.
In Photoshop we have "Save Extra JPEG" in Script Event Manager which saves a jpg automatically with the psd file. Do we have something similar in Illustrator?
This is the first time I will create the design for an app that will work on mobile - both for iPad and Android. Do I have to create 3 different PSDs for all 3 viewport sizes? or can I create 1 PSD design for mobile and then change either the resolution or width/height via the image size panel in Photoshop to scale my design for the other 2 viewport sizes? Some time ago, I read that one needs to design PSD for iPhone and can use same PSD file to slice the assets for Android devices too, i.e. mdpi, hdpi and xhdpi.
I'm a programmer doing a client project, and I'm trying to write an app that will do this effect to user-uploaded images. I think it's some combination of Find edges, Blur and some other filters, but I'm not sure. Anyone have any ideas? Original: Result:
I am just beginning to learn about fonts and typography so pardon if my question seems naive. I really like the look of Futura Bold for titles in a powerpoint presentation I'm making but the unequal spaces between letters is bothering me. Is there a sans serif font with equal spacing to replace Futura(preferably in the same gemoetric style)?
Colors below seem to share some kind of "tone" together. For example, colors like this or this seem too bright to fit into this group. What exactly makes this "tone"? I want some technical information, so that if I want to add purple to this group or create a different group of colors, I can find the exact HTML color codes I need. Screenshot taken from here
I have a full colour PSD image file which I want to convert to a format that can be easily shared on the web. The current size is of the PSD is around 7MB. I want to reduce the file size to something around 70kb without losing quality. What is the best format and best method to do this? I tried to achieve this file size reduction with Photoshop tools. Saving as a JPEG and setting the quality to high gives me a file of 110kb This is too big, and with a lower quality level gives me unacceptable results. I know there are plenty of other methods to reduce the file size, can you share your experience on this issue?
I'm working on a website for a friend of mine. It's a very minimalistic webdesign and right now I'm using a dark grey-ish background. However if found pictures like this: http://www.puurkleur.com/afbeeldingen/gallery/Spatula_Stuhhi_01.jpg http://www.puurkleur.com/afbeeldingen/gallery/la_casa_dei_sogni_01.jpg I want to create a similar effect to use for the background, instead of just the one color grey. I like the 1st link most, it's not just 1 color, but not too contrasting and it's subtle. I'm not experienced with photoshop, I tried to find some tutorials but I can't find none that matches the effect I want to achieve. (probably because I don't know the terms is should google on) I tried playing around with gradient and the brush tool, but it's not even close to what I want to achieve. Does anybody know what photoshop techniques should be used to create similar effects? If I know that I could google more specific and probably I will be able to find some good tutorials. Thanks in advance.
I'm looking to hire one (or more) designers to create materials that we can use for several software development projects. What's a good way for me to think about this work, and some good strategies I can use when interviewing the potential designers? We're specifically looking to hire designers which sit in a good place as far as creativity and technical skills - the two primary priorities for us are: ability to consistently quickly come up with good, original, creative ideas ability to quickly turn said ideas into assets we can use (bonus) ability to outsource/manage outsourced work to other, lower cost people, as appropriate (ie, know when and how to hire someone, at relatively low cost, on, say elance to do the technical/easily outsourced parts of the design work) That said, I'm open to suggestions that are more general than just for our specific goals
I made only 1 arrow visible at a time on the PSD but the 2 arrows stay faded but visible when I export as you can see: Here is my PSD file.
I am exporting my image from AI as html and would like it to stay centered on the canvas as the browser changes size. I heard that you can add attributes to the layer by changing the name of the layer. How do I do that and can you suggest a link that gives a list of attributes?
Using CS5 Hello I edit a file in PSD and save it as PDF (for laser cutting) In this file there are only three colors. Who receives the file, says he sees more colors alone of the three colors I created. I will note that the exceptional color stains are very small sizes and are color transitions. How can I avoid seeing other colors, so that only the three original colors. By the way the meantime I tried some changes saving the file as: In COMPATIBILY changed in the list of ACROBAT 8. In COMPRESSION: In OPTIONS changed to DO NOT DOWNSAMPLE COMPRESSION to NONE (or ZIP) In addition I have also sent RGB and CMYK. I even made FLATTEN before saving to PDF. Thank you
Is it possible to 'animate in' a modifier? Elaboration: I want a cube to behave as a regular cube for, say, 10 frames, and only after 10 frames should a cloth modifier fade into the cube. This means for 10 frames the cube will behave as if there are no modifiers on it, then after 10 frames the cloth modifier will fade in on the cube and simulate normally as a cloth object would thereafter. Any help will be appreciated, and any links would be a great help.
I searched the font sites but failed to find similar.
So I choose the type tool and key in 2 words. I want to change the the 2nd word to a different color. I select the second word and change its color on the Options bar. The following strangeness happens: the 2nd word changes color to what i just picked. Then it automatically gets highlighted and disappears completely, as thought you deleted it on purpose. Is there a setting or something thats making it do that?? Please help. This is making my type edits a nightmare.
I'm doing some isometric drawing in Illustrator, and moving my objects around on 0°, 30° and 60° constrained angles. I keep having to go to preferences (Control + K) to change the constrain angle depending on how and where I'm moving something around. Is there a quicker way to handle this?
I'm trying to design a logo, and would like to fit the name of the product inside a shape. In this case, the shape is a closed path in the shape of a smile. Any ideas how I might achieve that? Basically, the top of the letters should follow the path along top of the smile, and the bottom of the letters should follow the path along the bottom of the smile - with the size, shape, shear (etc.) of the letters adjusted accordingly. I've tried both manually manipulating the outlines of text (once converted to an outline) to try and fit the shape, and using the fit to path. Neither of these really worked, and I was hoping that there was a better 'automated' solution that would produce better results than me trying to do it by hand. I'm currently using iDraw on the Mac to do the design (so SVG for those unfamiliar with it).
I'm looking for an option to have two instances of the same image/file next to each other (dual view), so that I can edit one of them and see the difference between the original file and the edited one. However, I can't find it, not by looking around my self nor by Googling for it. There is one dual-view option (Window > Arrange > New window for <filename>), but any changes applied are applied to both, so this isn't what I'm looking for. I doubt such an important function wouldn't be part of Adobe Photoshop... Does it exist or not? How can I find it? The only way to achieve what I want right now, or at least as far as I can think of, is to make a copy of the original file and open it next to the file I'm going to edit.
I'm a web designer with few years of experience, done lots of various projects. I've got some straight graphic design experience as well, but never been expanding some territories. People who like my designs often ask for other things, like logo design for example. As far as i can easly find out a concept i find a big gap that comes from my lack of decent drawing skills. So, the question is, is there any systematic way, or some great course, that helps learning drawing? I usually find out a simple answer - just draw stuff, but as I'm very busy man, i can save around 20-30 minutes a day to practice, but i could really use some path, that would help me working out on my technical skills. Thanks
I have several layers using drop shadow that is suppose to have different angles. But whenever I change or add a drop shadow all others gets changed too, to the same angle. Is this a bug or is there an option to stop this very annoying behavior?
I was wondering if anyone has experienced this. When I test print a design from Photoshop, my printer output something closer to the colors on screen. However, when I print the same design from InDesign, using the same printer, somehow the colors change - darker....hue change a little bit. Does anyone have any idea why this happens? I don't understand because it's printed from the same printer and it's the same file. Why does this occur?
I am considering my options and interested in becoming a graphic designer, however i often hear its a stressful job due to deadlines and pressure to deliver. Is this the case?
I'm looking for a simple icon to represent vibration. It can't be too similar to the sound icon because I'm going to put it right below a sound icon (the speaker shape). I was thinking something with waves but I'm not too sure. Maybe you guys would have some ideas?
Hi all am having set of icons as sprites for and in retina displays the icons are looks like very blur i read some documents for retina display use image as 200%(using photoshop) now the question is how do i change the whole sprite as retina supported image by saving whole sprite as 200% ah or by selecting separate layer and change it as 200% then save it as sprite ah guide me. this is how i use sprite for retina and normal for normal screen .logo { background:url('../images/big-icons.png'); background-position: -241px -289px; width: 217px; height: 69px; } .footer-logo { background:url('../images/big-icons.png'); background-position: -239px -359px; width: 217px; height: 69px; } for retina @media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi) { .logo{ background:url('../images/big-icons@2x.png'); background-size: 200px 100px; background-position: -375px 0; width: 434px; height: 138px; } .footer-logo{ background:url('../images/big-icons@2x.png'); background-position: -375px -158px; width: 434px; height: 138px; } } the images are repeated in retina display..how i write sprite style for retina display..
Is there a plugin that gives you a poser (human figure) to play with in Adobe Illustrator, sort of like the perspective grid tool but with an actual human you can rig and move the camera around? Like Poser or MakeHuman Complicated POVs on the human body take a long time to master! :( If I could rig a character in the position I want it will look realistic and I can draw on top of it, then remove it. Like this but with controls to alter the position and POV.